قلبي لحبِّك دون الخلقِ مخلوق

قلبي لحبِّك دون الخلقِ مخلوق

وشكره لندى كفّيك مرقوقُ

وشكره لندى كفّيك مرقوقُ

My heart was created to love you, to the exclusion of all others.

My heart is created for your love above all creatures

And its gratitude is enslaved to the bounty of your hands.

And its gratitude is inscribed on the palms of my hands

لأنك الحقّ والأملاك باطلَةٌ

لأنك الحقّ والأملاك باطلَةٌ

وأنك البدر والدنيا أغاسيق

وأنك البدر والدنيا أغاسيق

For you are truth, while other kings are falsehood,

For you are the Truth while the angels are false

And you are the full moon, while the world is deep darkness.

You are the full moon while the world is but lanterns

فِداك يا بن معد من غدا وبِه

فِداك يا بن معد من غدا وبِه

عن اتّساعك في أرض العلا ضِيق

عن اتّساعك في أرض العلا ضِيق

May he be your ransom, O son of Maʿadd, who has come to feel

I sacrifice myself for you, O son of Mu'adh, from tomorrow and for him

Hemmed in by your vastness in the land of glory.

Your vastness on earth seems narrow

كَفَّاكَ لِلرزقِ مِفتاحانِ قد خُلِقا

كَفَّاكَ لِلرزقِ مِفتاحانِ قد خُلِقا

وهُمْ له عن بَني الدّنيا مَغاليقُ

وهُمْ له عن بَني الدّنيا مَغاليقُ

Your two hands have been made as two keys to sustenance,

You have two keys for sustenance created

While they are locks that bar it from the sons of the world.

While the people of the world struggle for it

لولاك لم تجِدِ العلياءُ مُنْتَصِراً

لولاك لم تجِدِ العلياءُ مُنْتَصِراً

ولم تَقُمْ للنَّدى بينَ الورى سوق

ولم تَقُمْ للنَّدى بينَ الورى سوق

But for you, glory would find no champion,

If not for you the excellent ones would not find a victor

Nor would a market for generosity arise among humankind.

And sympathy would not stand among people

لا تزدهِيك ثيابُ الكِبرِياءِ ولا

لا تزدهِيك ثيابُ الكِبرِياءِ ولا

يعتاد حلمَك تشتيتٌ وتفريق

يعتاد حلمَك تشتيتٌ وتفريق

The robes of grandeur do not make you vain, nor

Neither the clothes of arrogance make you conceited

Do distraction and division ever beset your forbearance.

Nor does your patience get distracted or divided

تُبَلّ رِيقاً ونارُ الحرب مُسْعَرَةٌ

تُبَلّ رِيقاً ونارُ الحرب مُسْعَرَةٌ

فيها إذا جفّتِ الأفواه والرِيق

فيها إذا جفّتِ الأفواه والرِيق

Your mouth remains moist while the fire of war is blazing,

You initiate moisture while the fire of war rages

As mouths and saliva run dry in its midst.

When mouths dry up and saliva runs out

في البَأْسِ أنت من المنصورِ مخترَع

في البَأْسِ أنت من المنصورِ مخترَع

وفي العلا من معز الدين مشقوق

وفي العلا من معز الدين مشقوق

In valor, you are fashioned from al-Mansur,

In affliction, you innovate like al-Mansur

And in glory, cleft from Muʿizz al-Din.

And in supremacy, you excel like Mu'izz al-Din

فالفخر عندك موروث ومُكْتَسَب

فالفخر عندك موروث ومُكْتَسَب

وعند غيرك مكذوب ومسروق

وعند غيرك مكذوب ومسروق

Thus your glory is both inherited and earned,

Thus glory with you is inherited and earned

While in others it is fabricated and stolen.

While with others it is lies and stolen

ومدحُك الصِدقُ لازورٌ ولا خُدَعٌ

ومدحُك الصِدقُ لازورٌ ولا خُدَعٌ

وعند غيرِك تلفيق وتمليق

وعند غيرِك تلفيق وتمليق

And praise of you is truth, neither falsehood nor deceit,

And praising you is honesty without fraud or deception

While for others it is fabrication and flattery.

While with others it is patching up and redressing

لم يعطِك الله إذ أعطاك حِكمته

لم يعطِك الله إذ أعطاك حِكمته

إلا وأنت بما أعطاك محقوق

إلا وأنت بما أعطاك محقوق

When God gave you His wisdom, He did not bestow it on you

When God gave you wisdom, He gave it to you

Without your being worthy of what He gave you.

Only because you deserve what He gave you

فانظر قصائد من أعلاه مجدُك هل

فانظر قصائد من أعلاه مجدُك هل

في مدحِهِ لك عيب أو تفاريق

في مدحِهِ لك عيب أو تفاريق

So examine the poems of one whom your glory has exalted: is there

So see the poems of those whose glory you raised

Any flaw or incoherence in his praise of you?

Is there any flaw or rip in their praise of you?